Sense QuestionsSupport

Coming from the original Droid I'm not used to a device being non-stock skinned, so I have a few questions.

1) Is there a way to customize the Sense dock & still keep the Sense widgets? I have LauncherPro, but every now & then I try the sense skin on the Launcher & like it ... except I have a ICS-style, slidable dock & have a hard time functioning without it.